Retention Conference (RetCon) 2023
- Kick off during Spring 2023 Convocation - Jan. 9
Opening Session of Retention Conference: View the recording
Retention Conference: What to Expect: View the recording
2. Brainstorming campus-wide - Jan. 11
2. Brainstorming campus-wide - Jan. 11
Spring 2023 Convocation documents and the recorded links will be added to SharePoint in the Online Minutes:
3. Participant Voting on Topics & Feedback- Jan. 30- Feb. 3
3. Participant Voting on Topics & Feedback- Jan. 30- Feb. 3
Question: For our follow-up sessions, please indicate your preference
Question: For our follow-up sessions, please indicate your preference
Results: Majority indicated virtual sessions (see below)
Results: Majority indicated virtual sessions (see below)
Question: Please rank these topics in order of importance where 1 = least important and 3 = most important.
Question: Please rank these topics in order of importance where 1 = least important and 3 = most important.
Results: The top results are:
Results: The top results are:
Registration: Streamlined process for registration = 76.9%
Registration: Streamlined process for registration = 76.9%
Advising: Streamlined process for advising = 65.2%
Advising: Streamlined process for advising = 65.2%
Communication: Improved student-facing communication that
Communication: Improved student-facing communication that
encourages engagement = 63.3%
encourages engagement = 63.3%
Technology: Helping students better understand technology that is new to them = 62%
Technology: Helping students better understand technology that is new to them = 62%
4. Survey Results Shared - Feb. 6
4. Survey Results Shared - Feb. 6
- Follow-up sessions:
February 24: virtual
March 3: virtual
April 14: f2f
5. Online Synchronous Meeting for discussions - Feb. 24
5. Online Synchronous Meeting for discussions - Feb. 24
We discussed the 5 steps of the Communication Process and then broke into groups to apply the steps to a commonly used student-facing communication, especially one that may need work. See video presentation below:
6. Online Asynchronous Meeting for discussions - March 3
6. Online Asynchronous Meeting for discussions - March 3
To provide everyone with an opportunity to explore the Microsoft Viso mapping tool, we have a helpful overview video presentation below:
Questions? Contact Marla Cartwright at mcartwright1@columbiastate.edu